Eros and the Polis : Love in Context

by: Sanders, E.

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Arising out of a conference on ?Erôs in Ancient Greece?, the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of erôs in the context of the polis, in the Archaic and Classical periods of ancient Greece. The articles focus on (post-Homeric) Archaic and Classical poetic genres – namely lyric poetry, tragedy, and comedy – and some philosophical texts by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. 

They pursue a variety of issues, including: the connection between homosexual erôs and politics; sexual practices that fell outside societal norms (aristocratic homosexuality, chastity); the roles of sôphrosynê (self-control) and akrasia (incontinence) in erotic relationships; and the connection between erôs and other socially important emotions such as charis, philia, and storgê. 

The exploration of such issues from a variety of standpoints, and through a range of texts, allows us to place erôs as an emotion in its socio-political context.

Eros and the Polis : Love in Context

by: Sanders, E.

• ISBN-13: 9781905670444 / 978-1-905670-44-4
• ISBN-03: 1905670443 / 1-905670-44-3
• University of London, Institute of Classical Studies, London, 2013

Price: 30,70 EURO

1 copy in stock